Fishing-tackle.



APPLICATION FILED APR.11. 1907.

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BENJAMIN'F. FLGEL, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

FISHINGTAcKLE Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed April 11, 1907. Serial N o. 367,472.

T c all whom fit may concern:

'Be it known that l, BENJAMIN F. FLEGEL,

a citizen ofthe United States, andre/sident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of "Nisconsin, have invented certain new and of a thumb of an angleryin the usual manner, to control said speed as Well as to pre- -vent backfi'ashing of said line, and making it possiblelforA an inexperienced person to cast as Well, after little practice, as any exe pertvcaster accustomed to controlling spoolvspeed by thumb-pressure- Figure l of the accompanying drawings represents atransverse sectional view of a fishing-reel, on the lane indicated by line 1-1 in Fig. 2, and i lustrates meansin connection with the spool of the reel to -automatically govern the rotary speed of same. Fig. 2 of s'aid'drawings` represents a front elevation ofthe reel aforesaid partly in slection on the planeindicated by line 2-.2 in Fig. 1. v

Referring by'letter to the drawings, A in dicates oneof the vspool'7heads of a fishingreel` provided with diametrically vopposite llpivotalbrake-shoes that operate, by centrifugal force, infriction'al contact with 4the circumference ofthe vspool-head recess inthe adjacentfhe'ad C of'tlie spool-cage of the when the lifne Wound .thereonis running out under any cond1t1on, but particularly '1n vbait-casting, thefriction being at all times in proportion-to said speed. Each of the brake shoes z is shown provided Vwith a Aslot concentric to its, axis andengaged by a.. .guide-lugr b 4of' the adjacent spool-head. A

pair lo f the pivotal brake-shoes diametrically opposite one another is preferred, because o the balancing eHect, but good results may be obtained by the employment of only one of said shoes.

l claim:

1. A lfishing-reel spool having ahead thereof provided with -a pivotal brake-shoe concentrically slotted, la guide-pin on said spool-head engaging the brake-shoe slot, and a spool-cage having annularly recessed heads engaged by the spool-heads, the brake-shoe aforesaid 1n connection with one of said spool-heads being operated by' .centrifugal force in the recess ofthe adjacent cage-head to automatically 'govern speed of the spool as a Whole when a line Wound thereon is running out.

2. A fishing-reel spool having a head thereof provided with diametrically oppo- `site pivotal brake-shoesv each concentrically slotted, guide-pins on said spool-head. each engaging a bra ve-shoe slot, and a spool-cage having annularl)v recessed heads engaging,

by the spool-heads, the brake-'shoes aforesaidin connection .with one of said spoolheads being o erat'ed by centrifugal force in the recess of t 1e adjacent cage-head to automatically govern speed of the spool as a Whole when a line Wound thereon 1s running out.

8. A fishing-.reel comprising a s ool, a cage therefor having yonel of itsl heads formed with ai'ecess to accommodate a head of said spool, a brake-shoe consisting of a single independent -element pivotally mounted at one end on the'spool-head and designed to freely swing Voutwardly to'engage the wall of said recess, and means for limiting the ini 4Ward movement'of the brake-shoe element. the spool itself 4In testimony that l claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand at Racine in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two Witnesses.

- BENJAMIN F. FLEGEL.

Witnesses L. MILLER, G. R. SHEYARU. 

